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' dettati glatte SYLVESTER P. BABCOCK, OF AIDRINMKIGHIGANI.

Letters Patent No. 98,219, dated December 28, 1869.`

IMPROVE!) BOOT-JACK.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent andmaking part .of the same To all whom lt may concern Be it known that I, SYLVESTER P. BABCooK, of the city of Adrian, in the county of Lenawee, and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Boot-Jacks; and I do hereby declare that the following. is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the saine, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part oi' this specification, in which- Figure- 1 is a perspective View, and

iFigule 2, n. longitudinal elevation of the boot-jack proper.

Figure 3 shows the toe-piece, reversed or turned to the inside;

Figure 4 shows the form of the toe-piece; and

Eigure 5 shows the staple.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, l will describe its construction and operation.

lI construct the base A, shank B, and one jaw, O, (as shown in tig. 1,) in any compact and suitable form; but in order to obtain a. toe-pressure, and the better to use said boot-jack, I extend the jaw D horizontally to a length ot' nine. or ten inches, more or less, then curve it at nearly a rightangle, then extend to a pointv at or near a straight line with 4the base or body ofthe jack, as shown in lig. 2.

1n the end ot' the extended jaw D, I make a hole, E, perpendicnhn' to the base.

, vI make a handle, G, of wood, and nearly three feet long.

n the lower end of thc handle, I form a toc-piece, H, as shown in tig. 4.

The handle G, I connect to the boot-jack by means v 'of a. screw-eye, orby a staple, `F, passing loosely ta1l y through the perpendicular hole E, and horizon into Vthc handle, as shown in iigs. 1 and 3.`

The toe-piece H is readily turned, by means of the handle, to the inside ofthe extreme. end of the jaw D, as shown in iig. 3, making a. small-sized boot-jack, or

to the outside, as shown in fig. 1, making a large-sized boot-j ack.

The boot; may be. inserted'at the' side ot' the jackfl. and the toe-piece H brought to its proper place, and,

pressed down on the toe of the boot by means of the handle G.

The base A ot the boot-jack I'make short, so that it can be as easily used while sitting as standing.'

What I claiin as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

vThe. boot-jack, having extended jaw D and loophole E, in combination with movable handle H G, provided with toe-piece H and staple F, constructed and arranged as herein described, for the purpose specified.

' 'SYLVESTER P. BABGOCIL VVit-nesses:

S. M. BABCOCK, JOHN LIMSAY. 

